Stirling Engine generating power / electricity

Here Pete's Stirling Engine generating an electrical current. Magnets are placed along the edge of the spinning disk. Placed fairly close to that disk is another disk holding 12 coils, all linked. When the Stirling engine is running, it spins the disk, which allows the magnets to interact with the coils, hence producing a current of power. As this prototype is optimised and evolved, it will be capable of producing a stronger current... a god level would be when it is able to charge cellphone. South Africa live below the convenience line, but cellphone penetration is extremely high. And mobile phones can liberate people due to the power of multimedia communications for one's business and personal life.

Another sterling engine: this one rocks!

While optimising the Stirling engine shown below, Pete decided to complete another one he has built. Here are some videos of this speeding baby in action.
It's heat source is a simple flame not much larger than that of a candle. A great way to charge a cellphone, as one of its many possible applications.


Here we get it started by adding the flame to the hot side of the engine, waiting a tad for pressure to accumulate, and then giving it a gently spin to get the motion process going.



Here one sees it running at high speed. One has to actually stop it some some point in fear that it would cause mechanical damage. These are all issues to be resolved while evolving such a piece of machinery.



A video clip of the Stirling engine running at high speed, with some close-ups showing some of the mechanics involved